The FDA has announced that beginning today, spinach and lettuce sold across the United States may now be secretly irradiated before it reaches grocery store shelves. What's "secret" about it? The FDA previously decided that irradiation warning stickers would not be required on any food items because it would be "too confusing to consumers." (The word IRRADIATION apparently has too many letters to be understood to food buyers.) Thus, irradiated foods will not be labeled as such, and consumers are going to be left in the dark about all this (except for those who actually eat the irradiated food, in which case they will glow in the dark).
Radiation, of course, destroys delicate phytochemicals in plants -- the very phytochemicals protecting consumers against cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation and other diseases. Microwaving broccoli, for example, destroys up to 98% of its anti-cancer nutrients. (The FDA has not yet acknowledged this scientific fact, either.) In a similar way, irradiating food destroys much of its nutritional content, including vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and other delicate protective nutrients that are right now providing the last, desperate nutritional defense against the American diet of meat, milk, fried foods and processed junk.
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http://www.naturalnews.com/023945.html
Should we irradiate fruits and vegetables?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17758666/
The bottom line is that FDA has little idea whether people could get sick if they eat irradiated lettuce, spinach or any other vegetables.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/food...egetables-nomix
Full Version: Mass Irradiation Of Spinach, Lettuce & Other Vegetables
QUOTE (Here Am I @ Aug 23 2008, 06:15 AM) 
The FDA has announced that beginning today, spinach and lettuce sold across the United States may now be secretly irradiated before it reaches grocery store shelves. What's "secret" about it? The FDA previously decided that irradiation warning stickers would not be required on any food items because it would be "too confusing to consumers." (The word IRRADIATION apparently has too many letters to be understood to food buyers.) Thus, irradiated foods will not be labeled as such, and consumers are going to be left in the dark about all this (except for those who actually eat the irradiated food, in which case they will glow in the dark).
Radiation, of course, destroys delicate phytochemicals in plants -- the very phytochemicals protecting consumers against cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation and other diseases. Microwaving broccoli, for example, destroys up to 98% of its anti-cancer nutrients. (The FDA has not yet acknowledged this scientific fact, either.) In a similar way, irradiating food destroys much of its nutritional content, including vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and other delicate protective nutrients that are right now providing the last, desperate nutritional defense against the American diet of meat, milk, fried foods and processed junk.
MORE:
http://www.naturalnews.com/023945.html
Should we irradiate fruits and vegetables?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17758666/
The bottom line is that FDA has little idea whether people could get sick if they eat irradiated lettuce, spinach or any other vegetables.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/food...egetables-nomix
Radiation, of course, destroys delicate phytochemicals in plants -- the very phytochemicals protecting consumers against cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation and other diseases. Microwaving broccoli, for example, destroys up to 98% of its anti-cancer nutrients. (The FDA has not yet acknowledged this scientific fact, either.) In a similar way, irradiating food destroys much of its nutritional content, including vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and other delicate protective nutrients that are right now providing the last, desperate nutritional defense against the American diet of meat, milk, fried foods and processed junk.
MORE:
http://www.naturalnews.com/023945.html
Should we irradiate fruits and vegetables?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17758666/
The bottom line is that FDA has little idea whether people could get sick if they eat irradiated lettuce, spinach or any other vegetables.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/food...egetables-nomix
Time for back yard gardens if you can get untampered with seeds! And, time for folks to learn to can and freeze their own vegetables.
QUOTE (whirlwind @ Aug 23 2008, 08:05 AM)
QUOTE (Here Am I @ Aug 23 2008, 06:15 AM)
The FDA has announced that beginning today, spinach and lettuce sold across the United States may now be secretly irradiated before it reaches grocery store shelves. What's "secret" about it? The FDA previously decided that irradiation warning stickers would not be required on any food items because it would be "too confusing to consumers." (The word IRRADIATION apparently has too many letters to be understood to food buyers.) Thus, irradiated foods will not be labeled as such, and consumers are going to be left in the dark about all this (except for those who actually eat the irradiated food, in which case they will glow in the dark).
Radiation, of course, destroys delicate phytochemicals in plants -- the very phytochemicals protecting consumers against cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation and other diseases. Microwaving broccoli, for example, destroys up to 98% of its anti-cancer nutrients. (The FDA has not yet acknowledged this scientific fact, either.) In a similar way, irradiating food destroys much of its nutritional content, including vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and other delicate protective nutrients that are right now providing the last, desperate nutritional defense against the American diet of meat, milk, fried foods and processed junk.
MORE:
http://www.naturalnews.com/023945.html
Should we irradiate fruits and vegetables?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17758666/
The bottom line is that FDA has little idea whether people could get sick if they eat irradiated lettuce, spinach or any other vegetables.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/food...egetables-nomix
Radiation, of course, destroys delicate phytochemicals in plants -- the very phytochemicals protecting consumers against cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation and other diseases. Microwaving broccoli, for example, destroys up to 98% of its anti-cancer nutrients. (The FDA has not yet acknowledged this scientific fact, either.) In a similar way, irradiating food destroys much of its nutritional content, including vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and other delicate protective nutrients that are right now providing the last, desperate nutritional defense against the American diet of meat, milk, fried foods and processed junk.
MORE:
http://www.naturalnews.com/023945.html
Should we irradiate fruits and vegetables?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17758666/
The bottom line is that FDA has little idea whether people could get sick if they eat irradiated lettuce, spinach or any other vegetables.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/food...egetables-nomix
Time for back yard gardens if you can get untampered with seeds! And, time for folks to learn to can and freeze their own vegetables.
Yes,... a time for back-to-the-basics, or buy organic.
They have a company that sells seeds so you can have a 'do it yourself' garden even if you don't have a backyard... and they give you all the components to start one. Wish I remembered the link. Will look for it. Thanks for the post, Annie. Really, the FDA is getting a bit overboard.
QUOTE (GodLovesYou @ Aug 23 2008, 08:55 AM)
...the FDA is getting a bit overboard.
I believe that to be an understatement.
LOL... cute baby!
FDA PLOTS TO MISLEAD CONSUMERS OVER IRRADIATED FOODS
NaturalNews has learned that the FDA is intentionally plotting to deceive consumers over the labeling of irradiated foods, attempting to eliminate any requirement for informative labeling or replace the word "irradiated" with "pasteurized."
In a feature story published by NaturalNews yesterday, we stated that the FDA does not require foods to be labeled as irradiated. We received a lot of questions from readers about that point, with some stating the FDA does, in fact, require foods to be labeled when irradiated. This is not always correct: Most foods are not required to be labeled as irradiated. This story explains the FDA's food irradiation labeling policy in more detail and reveals the FDA's plot to deceive consumers by misleading them into thinking irradiated foods are NOT irradiated.
http://www.naturalnews.com/023956.html
FDA PROPOSES SOFTENING IRRADIATED FOOD LABELS
The government proposed Tuesday relaxing its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested it may allow some products zapped with radiation to be called "pasteurized."
The Food and Drug Administration said the proposed rule would require companies to label irradiated food only when the radiation treatment causes a material change to the product. Examples includes changes to the taste, texture, smell or shelf life of a food, which would be flagged in the new labeling.
The technique kills bacteria but does not cause food to become radioactive. Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness have revived interest in irradiation, even though it is not suitable for all food products. For example, irradiating diced Roma tomatoes makes them mushy, the FDA says.
The FDA also proposed letting companies use the term "pasteurized" to describe irradiated foods. To do so, they would have to show the FDA that the radiation kills germs as well as the pasteurization process does. Pasteurization typically involves heating a product to a high temperature and then cooling it rapidly.
In addition, the proposal would let companies petition the agency to use additional alternate terms other than "irradiated," something already allowed by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 but that no firms have pursued, according to the FDA.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-0...radiation_N.htm
NaturalNews has learned that the FDA is intentionally plotting to deceive consumers over the labeling of irradiated foods, attempting to eliminate any requirement for informative labeling or replace the word "irradiated" with "pasteurized."
In a feature story published by NaturalNews yesterday, we stated that the FDA does not require foods to be labeled as irradiated. We received a lot of questions from readers about that point, with some stating the FDA does, in fact, require foods to be labeled when irradiated. This is not always correct: Most foods are not required to be labeled as irradiated. This story explains the FDA's food irradiation labeling policy in more detail and reveals the FDA's plot to deceive consumers by misleading them into thinking irradiated foods are NOT irradiated.
http://www.naturalnews.com/023956.html
FDA PROPOSES SOFTENING IRRADIATED FOOD LABELS
The government proposed Tuesday relaxing its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested it may allow some products zapped with radiation to be called "pasteurized."
The Food and Drug Administration said the proposed rule would require companies to label irradiated food only when the radiation treatment causes a material change to the product. Examples includes changes to the taste, texture, smell or shelf life of a food, which would be flagged in the new labeling.
The technique kills bacteria but does not cause food to become radioactive. Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness have revived interest in irradiation, even though it is not suitable for all food products. For example, irradiating diced Roma tomatoes makes them mushy, the FDA says.
The FDA also proposed letting companies use the term "pasteurized" to describe irradiated foods. To do so, they would have to show the FDA that the radiation kills germs as well as the pasteurization process does. Pasteurization typically involves heating a product to a high temperature and then cooling it rapidly.
In addition, the proposal would let companies petition the agency to use additional alternate terms other than "irradiated," something already allowed by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 but that no firms have pursued, according to the FDA.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-0...radiation_N.htm
HOLD THE SPINACH, HOLD THE LETTUCE - THE FDA WANTS TO NUKE OUR VEGGIES
The FDA has just announced that food producers may now start zapping lettuce and spinach with just enough ionizing radiation to kill E. coli. The muckety-mucks at the FDA have decided, in their infinite wisdom, to use the American public as guinea pigs in an ongoing human experiment to find out the long-term effects of the consumption of irradiated food. In spite of the FDA's insistence that eating food treated with just a wee bit of ionizing radiation is safe, Public Citizen (a consumer watchdog group founded by Ralph Nader in 1971 for the purpose of protecting health, safety, and democracy) believes otherwise (understatement) and is trying to get the word out to consumers about the lies that are being told to the trusting American public.
While many people may not be aware of it, the irradiation of food has been going on in the United States for a long time. Rather than using something like a skull and crossbones, food that has been irradiated is supposed to be marked with the radura symbol, which looks like a happy, little green flower. It's not surprising that many people wouldn't even notice this, and those that do might make the mistake of thinking the product is healthy.
Of course, makers of frozen foods like pizza and lasagna and such that use irradiated spices aren't even required to mention this on the box at all. (What's a little bit of ionizing radiation amongst friends?) Moreover, consumers of irradiated food served in restaurants, hospitals, schools, and nursing homes are not given any sort of warning whatsoever.
Much of What is Irradiated Isn't Labeled
Food isn't the only thing being irradiated. According to Food Technology Service Inc., (FTSI), items that are commonly sterilized with gamma radiation include pharmaceuticals (another reason to get off those meds), medical devices, medical disposable products, saline, cosmetics and toiletries, packaging, laboratory equipment, herbs and spices, produce, meat and poultry, animal feed, and documents. According to an article at PharmTech.com, drug makers have used gamma radiation to sterilize pharmaceuticals for more than forty years.
Irradiated Food Unsafe to Eat
Public Citizen maintains that irradiated food is not safe to eat. According to their Q & A's on irradiated foods, "Irradiated food has caused a myriad of serious health problems in laboratory animals that ate irradiated foods, including premature death, fatal internal bleeding, a rare form of cancer, stillbirths and other reproductive problems, mutations and other genetic damage, organ malfunctions, stunted growth and vitamin deficiencies." A review of the studies demonstrates that this is absolutely correct. TrueHealth.org has compiled a list of some interesting studies for those who wish to confirm this information. FoodIrradiationInfo.org also has quite a bit of information on the studies that have been conducted in this area. How an organization like the FDA which is supposed to be looking out for public health can ignore all of these studies is just beyond belief.
Public Citizen also reports that the studies show that irradiation can cause the formation of Unique Radiolytic Products (URPs), including cyclo-butanones, which were found to promote cancer and genetic damage in rats. Cyclo-butanones were also found to cause genetic and cellular damage in both human and rat cells. Since cyclo-butanones are a radiation byproduct of palmitic acid, a type of fat that is found in most all foods, there is definitely cause for concern.
Additionally, irradiation is responsible for the formation of free radicals, which most people know is not a good thing. That's not all. Public Citizen reports that irradiation can also form chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects such as benzene, toluene, and methyl ethyl ketone.
MORE:
http://www.naturalnews.com/024075.html
The FDA has just announced that food producers may now start zapping lettuce and spinach with just enough ionizing radiation to kill E. coli. The muckety-mucks at the FDA have decided, in their infinite wisdom, to use the American public as guinea pigs in an ongoing human experiment to find out the long-term effects of the consumption of irradiated food. In spite of the FDA's insistence that eating food treated with just a wee bit of ionizing radiation is safe, Public Citizen (a consumer watchdog group founded by Ralph Nader in 1971 for the purpose of protecting health, safety, and democracy) believes otherwise (understatement) and is trying to get the word out to consumers about the lies that are being told to the trusting American public.
While many people may not be aware of it, the irradiation of food has been going on in the United States for a long time. Rather than using something like a skull and crossbones, food that has been irradiated is supposed to be marked with the radura symbol, which looks like a happy, little green flower. It's not surprising that many people wouldn't even notice this, and those that do might make the mistake of thinking the product is healthy.
Of course, makers of frozen foods like pizza and lasagna and such that use irradiated spices aren't even required to mention this on the box at all. (What's a little bit of ionizing radiation amongst friends?) Moreover, consumers of irradiated food served in restaurants, hospitals, schools, and nursing homes are not given any sort of warning whatsoever.
Much of What is Irradiated Isn't Labeled
Food isn't the only thing being irradiated. According to Food Technology Service Inc., (FTSI), items that are commonly sterilized with gamma radiation include pharmaceuticals (another reason to get off those meds), medical devices, medical disposable products, saline, cosmetics and toiletries, packaging, laboratory equipment, herbs and spices, produce, meat and poultry, animal feed, and documents. According to an article at PharmTech.com, drug makers have used gamma radiation to sterilize pharmaceuticals for more than forty years.
Irradiated Food Unsafe to Eat
Public Citizen maintains that irradiated food is not safe to eat. According to their Q & A's on irradiated foods, "Irradiated food has caused a myriad of serious health problems in laboratory animals that ate irradiated foods, including premature death, fatal internal bleeding, a rare form of cancer, stillbirths and other reproductive problems, mutations and other genetic damage, organ malfunctions, stunted growth and vitamin deficiencies." A review of the studies demonstrates that this is absolutely correct. TrueHealth.org has compiled a list of some interesting studies for those who wish to confirm this information. FoodIrradiationInfo.org also has quite a bit of information on the studies that have been conducted in this area. How an organization like the FDA which is supposed to be looking out for public health can ignore all of these studies is just beyond belief.
Public Citizen also reports that the studies show that irradiation can cause the formation of Unique Radiolytic Products (URPs), including cyclo-butanones, which were found to promote cancer and genetic damage in rats. Cyclo-butanones were also found to cause genetic and cellular damage in both human and rat cells. Since cyclo-butanones are a radiation byproduct of palmitic acid, a type of fat that is found in most all foods, there is definitely cause for concern.
Additionally, irradiation is responsible for the formation of free radicals, which most people know is not a good thing. That's not all. Public Citizen reports that irradiation can also form chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects such as benzene, toluene, and methyl ethyl ketone.
MORE:
http://www.naturalnews.com/024075.html
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